caponeslistao Posted February 16 Report Share Posted February 16 THIS IS RIDICULOUS. IM NOT WATCHING BASEBALL ANYMORE!THEY KILLED THE WHOLE SPORT. 1ST OF ALL THEY SHOULD INVESTIGATE GEORGE AND ALL THESE SHADY DEALS tHIS WHOLE THING MAKES ME SICK:puke: yANKEES:peeleft: BASEBALL:peeleft: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whatsupcuz Posted February 16 Report Share Posted February 16 Originally posted by ***********ao THIS IS RIDICULOUS. IM NOT WATCHING BASEBALL ANYMORE!THEY KILLED THE WHOLE SPORT. 1ST OF ALL THEY SHOULD INVESTIGATE GEORGE AND ALL THESE SHADY DEALS tHIS WHOLE THING MAKES ME SICK:puke: yANKEES:peeleft: BASEBALL:peeleft: George is shadier then Martha Stewart :laugh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whatsupcuz Posted February 16 Report Share Posted February 16 Originally posted by ***********ao THIS IS RIDICULOUS. IM NOT WATCHING BASEBALL ANYMORE!THEY KILLED THE WHOLE SPORT. 1ST OF ALL THEY SHOULD INVESTIGATE GEORGE AND ALL THESE SHADY DEALS tHIS WHOLE THING MAKES ME SICK:puke: yANKEES:peeleft: BASEBALL:peeleft: George is shadier then Martha Stewart :laugh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbbooom Posted February 16 Report Share Posted February 16 ahh all the haters.. SHUT THE FUCK UP... i dont like basbeall but you people are ridiculous ya all hate the ONLY ny team that actually produces results Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aystar Posted February 16 Report Share Posted February 16 capone sounds like a boston fan lolbucky dentarron booni hope arod hits the next winning hr against the red sox just to shut them up once and for allyou guys are screwed u got manny and nomar who know that the red sox dont want them their thats why they wanted them to be traded ha ha ha you think they are gonna wanna play their heart out for a team who dont want them lol yea right1918 forever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bodi Posted February 16 Report Share Posted February 16 Hey boston fans and mets fan alike, you guys had your chance it just a matter of where A-rod thinks his best chances for a championship ring lies. Doesn't he have a no-clause mentioning that he didn't want to be traded to another team unless it was.....drum roll please...the Yankees. Nuff said! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger55 Posted February 16 Report Share Posted February 16 you're right bodi.. thats why people call him PayRod now... imo he won't do NY any good.. but I already gave my opinion in the boston forum.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drunk Posted February 16 Report Share Posted February 16 Originally posted by ***********ao THIS IS RIDICULOUS. IM NOT WATCHING BASEBALL ANYMORE!THEY KILLED THE WHOLE SPORT. 1ST OF ALL THEY SHOULD INVESTIGATE GEORGE AND ALL THESE SHADY DEALS tHIS WHOLE THING MAKES ME SICK:puke: yANKEES:peeleft: BASEBALL:peeleft: Dude, you're ridiculous. The Yankees are ruining baseball? Look, the Red Sox had the money, they just didn't have the BALLS to pull off the deal. If the Red Sox had gotten A-Rod you'd be singing a different tune.Sucks to be a Red Sox fan these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whatsupcuz Posted February 16 Report Share Posted February 16 Originally posted by Drunk Dude, you're ridiculous. The Yankees are ruining baseball? Look, the Red Sox had the money, they just didn't have the BALLS to pull off the deal. If the Red Sox had gotten A-Rod you'd be singing a different tune.Sucks to be a Red Sox fan these days. The Red Sox's had the deal done but the union fucked it up. But its alright that the yankees can deal for him...something sounds shady Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caponeslistao Posted February 16 Author Report Share Posted February 16 IM NOT A BOSTON FAN. BASEBALL HAS BECOME A JOKE. ITS NOT FAR WHAT THE YANKEES DO AND GET AWAY WITH. WHA FUN IS THE GAME IF NOBODY CAN COMPETE WITH YOUR TEAM. THEY SHOULD JUST HAVE THE PARADE TUESDAY AND FORGET ABOUT EVEN PLAYING THE GAME CAUSE THEY MADE IT A JOKE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drunk Posted February 16 Report Share Posted February 16 Originally posted by ***********ao IM NOT A BOSTON FAN. BASEBALL HAS BECOME A JOKE. ITS NOT FAR WHAT THE YANKEES DO AND GET AWAY WITH. WHA FUN IS THE GAME IF NOBODY CAN COMPETE WITH YOUR TEAM. THEY SHOULD JUST HAVE THE PARADE TUESDAY AND FORGET ABOUT EVEN PLAYING THE GAME CAUSE THEY MADE IT A JOKE The championship isn't won in the offseason. You still gotta play the games. Although the Yankees look damn good this year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gqsmuv Posted February 16 Report Share Posted February 16 yes, we got AROD, so keep on hatin'..not fair?, come on, Yanks haven't won the WS in 3 years...but i think that'll change this year...You can cry all you want, but i'm happy and PROUD to be a Yankee fan, since day one...LET'S GO YANKEES...the rest of you can just Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codica3 Posted February 16 Report Share Posted February 16 Originally posted by ***********ao THIS IS RIDICULOUS. IM NOT WATCHING BASEBALL ANYMORE! Oh no, how tragic.Cry me a river. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mindfaqd Posted February 16 Report Share Posted February 16 Great Deal ! Fuck Ben Affleck and fuck Boston! The curse lives! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barvybe Posted February 16 Report Share Posted February 16 yeah, its the yankees fault LOL.they're just playing by the rules of the system. why don't those rules get changed? cause the players love them. if they leveled the playing field where would the pddro's, manny's, arods, etc. go to play? look its the baseball version of the american dream...even if 95% of b-ball players never crack serious money they want to know that its there as a possibility.and btw - the yanks aren't gonna win or lose based on A-Rod. These are the things that will make / break their season:1. Giambi's leg - if its bad that means Bernie won't be able to DH and that means one of them will have to sit.2. Pitching - other than Mussina all good names but with question marks - Leiber (surgery), Contreras (inconsistent), Brown (health), Vasquez (can he pitch in NYC or is he a Weaver?). And NO left handed starters on a Yankees starting staff???If that staff comes together doesn't matter if Arod is playing...if they don't well the Yanks won't win the whole thing that's for sure.I'm excited for the season but with what happened with Pettite - blah - not the same excitement for me anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caponeslistao Posted February 16 Author Report Share Posted February 16 Originally posted by barvybe yeah, its the yankees fault LOL.they're just playing by the rules of the system. why don't those rules get changed? cause the players love them. if they leveled the playing field where would the pddro's, manny's, arods, etc. go to play? look its the baseball version of the american dream...even if 95% of b-ball players never crack serious money they want to know that its there as a possibility.and btw - the yanks aren't gonna win or lose based on A-Rod. These are the things that will make / break their season:1. Giambi's leg - if its bad that means Bernie won't be able to DH and that means one of them will have to sit.2. Pitching - other than Mussina all good names but with question marks - Leiber (surgery), Contreras (inconsistent), Brown (health), Vasquez (can he pitch in NYC or is he a Weaver?). And NO left handed starters on a Yankees starting staff???If that staff comes together doesn't matter if Arod is playing...if they don't well the Yanks won't win the whole thing that's for sure.I'm excited for the season but with what happened with Pettite - blah - not the same excitement for me anymore. JUST HAVE THE PARADE TUESDAY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drunk Posted February 16 Report Share Posted February 16 For you MOMOS that think the Yankees just throw money around, read this article from the New York Times, which CLEARLY shows the Yankees got A-ROD for almost nothing. The Yanks' payroll won't be changing too much. Shows you we have a brilliant front office. The numbers don't lie, read for yourself:Deal for Rodriguez Makes Dollars, and SenseBy TYLER KEPNERPublished: February 16, 2004The Yankees and the Texas Rangers have completed a trade that will send Alex Rodriguez to the Yankees for Alfonso Soriano and a player to be named, baseball officials who spoke on condition of anonymity said last night. The players union has approved the deal, and all that remains is Commissioner Bud Selig's approval, which is expected today.A Major League Baseball official said Selig was merely waiting for a weekday to complete the paperwork.Rodriguez, the consensus best player in the majors, has longed for years to play on the New York stage. He is expected to be introduced at a Yankee Stadium news conference tomorrow, the day the team's pitchers and catchers are due to report to spring training in Tampa, Fla.The deal includes more cash — $67 million from the Rangers to the Yankees — than any previous baseball trade. The most staggering part of the deal is not what the Yankees are paying Rodriguez, but what they are not.Rodriguez is working under the richest contract in sports, a 10-year, $252 million deal he signed with the Texas Rangers after the 2000 season. The Rangers are receiving significant financial relief by trading him, but because they are paying so much of the $179 million Rodriguez is owed, he is something of a bargain for the Yankees.Rodriguez, the American League's most valuable player last season as a shortstop, will switch to third base for the Yankees, and he will essentially cost them no more this season than they had originally budgeted. The Yankees will pay Rodriguez $15 million in 2004, but he is deferring $1 million. The third-base prospect Drew Henson was scheduled to make $4 million this season before quitting to pursue football. The $5.4 million salary for Soriano, the All-Star second baseman, is also off the books, and the Yankees would save about $4.8 million by cutting third baseman Aaron Boone, who voided the guarantee in his contract by tearing up his left knee while playing basketball last month.The expected payouts to Henson, Soriano and Boone total roughly $14.2 million. The $942,623 in termination pay the Yankees would owe Boone, in addition to the $14 million they will pay Rodriguez this season, would raise the Yankees' payroll by less than $750,000."We traded an All-Star to get a Hall of Famer at a gain of very little for this year," a Yankees official said.The Yankees' overall payroll for 2004, based on average annual payouts to 24 players and including the termination pay the club is expected to give Boone, will be about $180 million.Before deferrals, the Yankees will pay Rodriguez $15 million in each of the next three seasons; $16 million in 2007 and 2008; $17 million in 2009; and $18 million in 2010. Rodriguez will defer $1 million in each of the first four years of the deal, at zero-percent interest, and receive the $4 million in 2011, after the contract expires.The Rangers are expected to reduce the interest rate on the money Rodriguez has already deferred to 1 percent from 3 percent. That could have jeopardized the deal because the union does not allow its members to devalue contracts; that was the rationale behind the union's rejection of Boston's trade for Rodriguez in December.The Yankees had to add value to the contract for the union to approve it, and they did so in two ways: They guaranteed Rodriguez a suite on the road, a perk the Yankees almost never allow, and gave Rodriguez permission to link his Web site to the Yankees' team site.The first year Rodriguez will not defer money is 2008, when almost all of the Yankees' long-term contracts will have expired. Jason Giambi will be in his final year, leaving only Derek Jeter and Rodriguez signed for 2009 and 2010.Rodriguez, who turns 29 in July, is the classic five-tool player, with well above average skill in hitting, hitting for power, fielding, throwing and running. As the Yankees considered the deal last week, at least two club officials called Rodriguez the best player they had ever scouted.There was palpable excitement among Yankee officials yesterday because the team improved itself markedly on offense and defense without giving up a pitcher of consequence. The player to be named will come from a list of five players at Class A or Class AA and will not include the top prospects Dioner Navarro, a catcher, or Eric Duncan, a third baseman."The middle of the lineup looks like: Jeter, A-Rod, Sheffield and Giambi, and Bernie fits somewhere in there," the Yankee official said. "That's not too shabby."The Yankees are expected to sign Travis Lee, complicating their order when Lee starts at first base and Giambi is the designated hitter. On those days, either Bernie Williams or Kenny Lofton would have to come off the bench.But the lineup Manager Joe Torre could use is potentially devastating. Lofton would lead off, followed by Jeter. The 3-4-5 spots could go to Rodriguez, Giambi and Gary Sheffield, with Williams, Jorge Posada and Hideki Matsui to follow. Those eight players have made a combined 39 All-Star teams.Batting ninth would be the second baseman, and the Yankees do not seem as eager to fill that hole as they were to find a new third baseman. Rodriguez's offense at third base erases the need for a slugging second baseman. "Hit ninth, hit .250 and play catch," the Yankee said. "The rest will take care of itself."Miguel Cairo, 29, signed a one-year, $900,000 contract in December and has been a reserve for the last three seasons. But from 1998 to 2000, he played in 373 games at second base for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, fielding at about the league average. He is a .269 career hitter. The veteran backup Enrique Wilson has played only 96 games at second base over seven seasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
househead24 Posted February 16 Report Share Posted February 16 Originally posted by ***********ao THIS IS RIDICULOUS. IM NOT WATCHING BASEBALL ANYMORE!THEY KILLED THE WHOLE SPORT. 1ST OF ALL THEY SHOULD INVESTIGATE GEORGE AND ALL THESE SHADY DEALS tHIS WHOLE THING MAKES ME SICK:puke: yANKEES:peeleft: BASEBALL:peeleft: Ahhh man see its people like you that ruin sports, people like you make it less than what it is...Let me ask you a question...Did you ever post anything on Clubplanet about the Lakers getting Gary Payton and Karl Malone,?? Of course not but in my opinion they have more of a dream team than the Yankees...Think about it Shaq, Kobe, Karl Malone, And the Glove gimme a break they could beat teams with just them 4....Anoter Question. If you have money, lots of it, Arent you going to go out and buy the best product you can for the amount of money you have, I can answer that for you, Of course you are and thats whats Steinbrener does. He doesnt like to lose and neither do his fans, He is dedictaed in putting a quality line-up/team on that feild each and everyday....If it makes you sick then dont watch it, Atelast it'll be one less person making retarted opinions by the All-Star Break, Which I will bet anyone money that Jeter and A-Rod will be playing side by side in pinstripes....You people disgust me, your not real sports fans, you just complain about shit that your team coulda had FCUK The Boston Bitch Ass Sox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrismakk69 Posted February 16 Report Share Posted February 16 Originally posted by mindfaqd Great Deal ! Fuck Ben Affleck and fuck Boston! The curse lives! :laugh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groovefire Posted February 16 Report Share Posted February 16 :laugh: Sooo scoring one of these....http://www.cafeshops.com/jetersucksarod Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonStephen Posted February 16 Report Share Posted February 16 I hate the yankees Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
househead24 Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 Originally posted by djjonstephen I hate the yankees Congratulations, and we hate you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lolahotass Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 Who cares if the Yankees got A-Rod.....All the money in the world couldn't buy the championship last year!!! The "oh so powerful Yanks" got their asses handed to them like a bunch of school girls last year:laugh: Go Marlins:eek: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codica3 Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 Originally posted by lolahotass Who cares if the Yankees got A-Rod..... I care because A-Rod is and has been my favorite player in baseball and now he's a Yankee..(not to mention he's OH-SO-SEXY) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexydiva99 Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 this is the most ridiculous trade I've ever seen....its a disgrace to baseball, all about money, money, money...not even worth watching anymore.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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